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I'm buying some rack servers and my main priority is keeping the cost low. It doesn't need to be powerful. I found a Dell server for about $500 and I would be okay with that, but I'd like to look at at least one other option.

Note: If you ask me a bunch of really specific questions, you're missing the point. Any amount of RAM, disk space, etc. is fine. I just need a rack server for a reasonable value.

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What has this todo with programming ? --> www.serverfault.com. But since you asked: I did this 1 year ago. I buyed an Intel Atom 330 Mainboard, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HardDrive and the housing, everything separately in a local IT shop. Then I assembled it myself, and installed Linux via PXE netboot. That way I didn't even need to buy and install a CD-ROM drive device. The housing was the most expensive part of it... That was for 450 US $ total, 1 year ago... The server still runs fine, 99.9% uptime, minimal power consumption. – Quandary Oct 14 '10 at 21:39
Does it have to be brand new, or can it be 2nd hand? If 2nd hand, eBay is your friend. Seriously, there's so many bargains to be had. Just be careful though because not all of the cheap servers are bargains. – Mark Henderson♦ Oct 14 '10 at 22:38
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I would just go with Dell - cheap and decent enough support.

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I've deployed 4 of these Atom 330 barebones systems from SuperMicro and they've been pretty good for basic webservers, DNS, and network monitoring. $280 each + RAM and hard drives is hard to beat. I wouldn't recommend them for unairconditioned rooms or wiring closets, though, since they don't have fans pushing air through the case.

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I guess I just feel kind of under-utilized. But if you just want a list of cheap rack servers, and you don't care about parts... here you go.

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